Rex the Runt(1998)
AnimationComedy
First Air Date: 1998-12-21
Average Runtime: 10m
Rating: 7.6
Votes: 5
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 26
Rex the Runt is an animated claymation television show produced by Aardman Animations for BBC Bristol in association with EVA Entertainment and Egmont Imagination. Its main characters are four plasticine dogs: Rex, Wendy, Bad Bob and Vince. The series began with a short, Ident, in 1989 directed by Richard Goleszowski. After a long gestation period this developed into two unaired shorts and then thirteen ten-minute episodes that first aired over two weeks on BBC2 from December 1998. A second thirteen episode series aired from September 2001 on the same channel. As well as the core cast guest voices included Paul Merton, Morwenna Banks, Judith Chalmers, Antoine de Caunes, Bob Holness, Bob Monkhouse, Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton, Arthur Smith, June Whitfield, Kathy Burke, Pam Ayres and Eddie Izzard.
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Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
Holiday in Vince
Air Date: 1998-12-21
The gang miniaturise a submarine and go on a fantastic journey through Vince's brain.
E02
Stinky's Search for a Star
Air Date: 1998-12-21
Short of cash again, the gang form a band and enter Stinky Basil's "Search for a Star" competition.
E03
Easter Island
Air Date: 1998-12-22
Attempting to reach New Zealand by helicopter, the gang crash on a tiny island. Rex is abducted by aliens.
E04
Too Many Dogs
Air Date: 1998-12-22
The gang's house has disappeared. They attempt to recover it using Bad Bob's "Go-Back-In-Time-O-Tron".
E05
The City Shrinkers
Air Date: 1998-12-23
The gang wins the National Lottery but the prize - the City of Birmingham - is not at all what they expected.
E06
Adventures on Telly 1
Air Date: 1998-12-23
After Bad Bob shoots the TV set, the gang are ordered to go on exciting adventures by the man who runs Television.
E07
Adventures on Telly 2
Air Date: 1998-12-24
The gang journey to the North Pole, and drill a hole to find out what's at the centre of the Earth.
E08
Adventures on Telly 3
Air Date: 1998-12-25
Lost in space, the gang stumble on a branch of 'Poultry Pantry', the interstellar fast-food chain.
E09
The Trials of Wendy
Air Date: 1998-12-27
Wendy is put on trial for shooting Vince (who is unharmed except for a large bullet hole). She is acquitted and becom...
E10
Under the Duvet
Air Date: 1998-12-30
Rex, Wendy and Bob spend a weekend at Aunty Brenda's University of Love learning about "the mysteries of the bedroom".
E11
Bob's International Hiccup Centre
Air Date: 1998-12-31
Bob discovers he has a genius for curing hiccups and the gang temporarily become very rich.
E12
Johnny Saveloy's Undoing
Air Date: 1998-12-31
Wendy is brainwashed by TV evangelist heart-throb Johnny Saveloy, leader of the "chemicalology" cult.
E13
Carbonara
Air Date: 1999-01-01
While looking around in Bob's shed, Rex accidentally gets run through a meat grinder. Bob runs off to ask Dr. Dog's o...
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